Firefighters battled cluttered conditions as well as flames that temporarily forced them to evacuate the Elm Avenue home after the broke out around 4:15 a.m.
It took them about two hours to fully extinguish the blaze.
Cliffside Park, Fort Lee and Palisades Park firefighters assisted their borough colleagues.
No injuries were reported.
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